Modern children are suffering from the diseases that were once considered to be meant for adults only. Obesity is a major disease prevalent among children. What are its causes and what solutions can be offered?

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few decades, it has become more common for children to suffer from overweight, despite it was a predominant disease

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older people a few years ago. There are myriad of causes for

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essay will explore some of them and will draw some conclusions. One of the main reasons because youngsters are facing weight problems, is that parents are upbringing them with junk

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is largely due to the fact that nowadays parents have neither time nor energy to cook for their kids, which leads to parents taking the easiest way

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buying unhealthy

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as pizza, hamburgers and hot dogs. A research conducted by the University of Harvard found in 2018 that 70% of parents in the USA prefer to feed their sons and daughters with fast

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rather than prepare a balanced meal. One possible solution to tackle

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problem is for the government to launch a publicity campaign to educate parents about the importance of cooking a proper meal. Not only will

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allow to increase general

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will improve

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of children as well as inhabitants. Take Japan as an example, they allocated 1% of its gross domestic product in 2019 to advertise about the danger of high-

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, resulting in a reduction in sales of

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kind of products.

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proves that the more we know,

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we can lead our lives. To sum up, there are many causes for young people being obese,

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is mainly due to the lack of time and energy of their parents. For the aforementioned reason, unless the government does not take urgent action like

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to educate

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its citizens, the problem will worsen.